yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
i9000 rom and i9000M rom are interchangeable

the only thing that will not work is the Modem file

so you can always use a i9000m rom + i9000 modem file

or a i9000 rom + i9000m modem file
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziadsa:
i did used the s1_odin_20100512.pit

and hit the re-partition.

and i did wipe all data still getting same message. and i tried thre cach data wipe too.

anytime i boot the phone in recovery mode i see that message :

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1

my 3 buttons works, i can boot in download and recovery no issues.

my phone is a bell phone and was locked to bell.

i put in recovery mode.

the phone is respondig to adb shell command

i can ls and see al directories but i can not find that directory under /dev/block/mmcblk0p1

is there any command i do in shell or adb to force the phone ready update.zip from external sd for the update.zip not from the internal one?

its very weired that issue?

do i need any fastboot command for boot recovery that forcr all system files to be initialized?

thanks.

Sorry but i am new to android world, this is my first phone :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
i'll suggest flashing it to another version like JG8

then if that makes your phone work back to normal

then flash it to whatever newer version you like
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziadsa:
i tried this:

I9000UGJG8-PDA-Kernel-Bootloader-CL440317-Low.tar

it boots fine but still black screen after the samsung rotating colored logo appears with the sound.

when i finish flashing any files all goes threw but i receive that recovery screen with the e:\ can't read etc.....

like something locking the internal SD Card.

is there is a way by shell or adb to force that file or format r chkdisk

thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alo27:
I had the same situation just day ago. I flashed my phone with soft i was given by my operator, and it worked just fine. Sorry for my english.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziadsa:
Thanks for your reply,

Can u please tell me where I can download that firmware?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BA_Flash_GOD:
@ ziadsa

I suggest trying SAMSET on here as it's a mere 108mb OS update.zip file you can just place on the root of your sdcard and flash from stock recovery. No odin required. (hoping you have a SDreader). If you cannot boot to connect to put the file on there, perhaps use an SDCARD (unless recovery only reads from your built-in flash and not an actual SDCARD) You can try it though, It's worth a shot, it only flashes OS so you keep your bell radio.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=724576

*EDIT and the rom base is XWJM5, it works great with my JM2 radio
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziadsa:
i am reading that it need to have prior the following firmware.

I9000XWJM5

its so stupid, i called samsung for support they say to contact bell, and contacted bell and they said i have to have a line with them to support me.

please guys,

anybody know how to force the phone to ready update.zip from external SD not the internal one.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BA_Flash_GOD:
Hah well you don't have to have JM5 on prior to flashing the zip, I don't know why the dev posted that. As you can see I came straight from JH2 so it doesn't matter what ROM you come from bro.

I am not sure how to push the file over to the SDCARD but if you can connect to ABD somehow then it should be doable. (Yes I have an i9000m bell vib as well) I will check it out and edit this

The joys of having an external SDCARD reader :P ABD to your device in stock Recovery of course and we'll check out the commands to push the samset rom (rename is update.zip BEFORE putting it on the SD of course) to your external SDCARD.

*EDIT - http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/134328-can-i-move-files-sdcard-computer-using-adb.html

some basic mount commands and move commands:

mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

cd /system/app (command to move you into whatever directory you want /SDCARD )

ls (shows list of files in current director)

adb pull yourapp.apk C:\ (pulls from current CD/blah/blah working directory to c:\, or move it to /system/app)

adb shell

rm /data/app/yourapp.apk (removes file)

exit (leave shell)

adb push yourapp.apk /system/app (pushes file back from working directory to system app directory)

adb reboot (reboots phone)

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really depends what your trying to do, but above is basically the ideas to moving things around from command window.

I believe this is the command to push your file to your SDCARD its from the HTC website for droid recovery

adb push <recovery-image-package>.zip /sdcard/update.zip
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] umar.ranjha:
h,mmm... DEJA VU

I have done the same mistake. The problem you are having is Your Internal SDCARD goes Read Only Mode. Your phone boots and all you get is black screen after Samsung Galaxy S logo right..

I have tried everything but SD-Card will not write anything in /DATA folder. Use Clockwork Recovery if you have and you will see it wont be able to delete folders from /Data folder especially Dalvik-Cache i don't know if the Clockwork Recovery was fixed for that particular issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziadsa:
@BA_Flash_GOD

Thanks a lot for your help, i am doing more reading and hope will get more results.

@umar.ranjha

i think you are right 100% from adb i am not able to do anything it keep telling me you have no premission,

i tried to push update.zip i got that permission issue.

i tried to chmod 755 still no go.

How did you fixed yours?

Any advise?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziadsa:
i tried any adb command of mount and move or copy it always say you do not have permission,

any ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sargorn:
[Q] Help! I Think I Bricked My Phone!!!

So I picked up a Galaxy S from Hong Kong earlier this month. (I live in Japan).

I attempted to flash it tonight and seem to have broke it to say the least.

Instead of booting I'm getting a phone and a computer icon with a yellow warning triangle.

I put it into download mode via adb, and of course the three button way doesn't seem to be working.

I've tried pulling the battery out, etc.

Any thoughts?

Anyone got an email address I could get assistance with servicing from samsung?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziadsa:
Alo27 any news where to get that update you used by your operator?

thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
on that screen only the 3 buttons can rescue you.

see if these tricks helps http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=754673&page=3
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sargorn:
Yeah, that screen.

And I'm fairly sure mine can't enter download/recovery via three buttons. I've been trying. :/

Anyone know an email I can contanct samsung on and get them to direct me to the best way to get this fixed via a service centre?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lakigucci:
Brought mine back to samsung. Lets see what happends.

And yeah, a batt pull was the first thing i did.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwhkkwhk:
thank you for replying.

but for me, i basically reflashed XXJPU and everything. So it came out 3e recovery, and then flashed another kernel so that it turned to 2e. And then used Clockwork to flash darky's rom.

Thank you for responding thought!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtg2:
Same idea. Just an extra step :)

Glad it's working though.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xmalek:
I don't know why it worked but I fixed it by flashing a JPU rom through ODIN (repartition ticked) then flashed back on JM8 (repartition ticked)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mull1s:
[Q] Can flashing only a kernel cause brick?

Short question, can i brick my device with working DLM (button combo)?

I have gotten the P--!--C a few times but thats easy solved.

As far as i understand i need to mess up the bootloader, pbl sbl and initram.fs to hard brick it? Since i dont tick the bootloader update in Odin it shouldnt mess with all of these?

cheers ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superjutah:
Beginner Samsung Galaxy S Bricked...

Hey People,

I am a complete noob and I need an idiot proof guide on how to get this samsung galaxy s up and running again.

I tried to use odin to install a kernal in my samsung galaxy s (European Version)

It did not load up and now my phone does not start up and shows the Phone to PC symbol... I CAN get into download mode but I cannot get into recovery mode.

I want a simple step by step guide on how to unbrick this phone and I will love you forever!!! Most of the other guides do not tell me what i should do so if you cannot abbreviate or skip any steps and speak to me like im completely ignorant that will go a long way!!

Thanks a million!!

:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] got_milk:
1. Grab a copy of your original firmware (see stickied thread)

2. Double-click to extract somewhere on your hard drive

3. Use Odin to flash with appropriate PIT and re-partitioning

4. Wait for phone to boot up

5. Don't flash unless you're confident about what you're doing!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geeboi88:
hey op,

i managed to get my adb pull working. do you know where the dcim folder is??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moses992:
[Q] Possible brick , need help please . SOLVED

PROBLEM SOLVED​

i removed a custom ROM (format) and flashed a stock Froyo using Odin . i followed the instructions completely as far as i know . download went ok and odin said gave me the green "PASS" sign . now to my understanding it should reboot and everything goes normal .

However after flashing was done it sent me back to recovery (3e) . and i noticed it says in the middle of screen "

E:Cant mount/dev/block/st110(invalid argument)

E:Copy_dbdata_media: Can't mount DBDATA :

etcetc

When i select reboot system now when i power on i get "galaxy s gt i 9000" then the boot animation

then the glowing "S" after that black screen and phone vibrates in a random order.

I CAN go into download mode or recovery mode .

How can i fix this ?

thanks in advance .
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdevi1:
[Q] Bricked i9000 (maybe?) Wont charge

Picked up a 2.1 i9000 in HK. (SGH-I897)

- (maybe stupid move) Flashed to ATT 2.2 captivate Froyo

- originally cannot get 3 button download mode, had to reboot to loader via ADB

- Phone turns off once i try to charge it via computer OR outlet

- As soon as i unplug it, it'll turn on and boot normally.

- Battery ran out. I prob can charge the battery somehow or buy a battery charger just for that battery (since the phone came with two).

What options do i have? Hope it isnt bricked.

(or is my only option to send it out for repairs)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tragusman:
Just flash again. What firmware were you flashing? pit? repartition? more info and we can help.:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moses992:
i flashed again . same result .

i was flashing an arabic/african stock froyo from samfirmwares

I9000JPJPG.

their instructions for 1 file flashing were , no .pit . and nothing about repartition .

however after failing i tried repartition .. same results.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tragusman:
what was you r stock rom? you will get it sorted just a matter of getting the right firmware to play nicely for you. With that firmware (I9000JPJPG) you need to use 512 pit no repartition.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moses992:
first i had stock Eclair . not sure of the full name ( jp stuff ? im a noob :( )

but since its a middle eastern device and it came with arabic support i thought any arabic/african froyo would work ?

anyway after that i downloaded darkys rom and it worked great . but i hated having no arabic support so i thought an arabic stock froyo would be best for me . so i moved from darkys rom to the stock froyo i mentione above.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tragusman:
as i said use 512 pit no repartiton and see how you go.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moses992:
Not working ;( .

would it do good if i flash a stock Eclair . and from there ill do darkys rom again and to hell with arabic support ! ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tragusman:
its worth a try thats what i always do go back to my stock 2.1 then i flash jm8 then jpa 2.2 then jpy 2.2.1. As long as you got download you'll be fine
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tragusman:
have you flashed successfully with odin before?

You could also try factory reset from recovery.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moses992:
nop i havent . that was my first try .

but since odin says pass doesnt that mean i did it the right way ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tragusman:
theres only one file that being the .tar file which is the PDA and then theres the pit being 512 if your doing that then your doing it correctly.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moses992:
Ok so i flashed a stock Eclair and it thank god it worked .

now do i need a certain stock froyo model .. could it be i flashed the wrong one ?

there is like 6 different ones . does only a certain model work for me ? if yes how can i know which one ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tragusman:
Good news...well id guess it may of had something to do with going from darkys rom but cannot be sure. Its up to you what way to go but you have got a fix with your stock rom so no matter what you do you can always fix it.

if it were me id go for the 2.2 you weretrying before with the 512 pit. if it dont work go back to stock...

You cant pick a wrong one they are all the same just slightly different build dates etc. im in australia and flash european roms. its all about language support so your flashing the right one..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tackygr:
You probably solved it ny now but so others can see,its a good ifea to factory reset after a firmware flash with odin
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superjutah:
Hi

Thanks for your responce.

As I said I need it broken down some more so can you just go a little more in depth to what these mean please:

1. Grab a copy of your original firmware (see stickied thread)

Which stickied thread... can you post me a link please

3. Use Odin to flash with appropriate PIT and re-partitioning

What is a PIT and what re-partitioniong should I use.. (I did explain at the start im a complete beginner and i need these broken down lol)

4. Wait for phone to boot up

Do I put my phone in to download mode or do I plug it straight into the PC..

I really need help cause I want it working by xmas day :p

Thanks a million
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tragusman:
Go to samfirmware.com to get stock rom. You can also download odin from there aswell and the correct pit for whichever firmware you choose. Once you do this let us know and we will guide you through the next steps.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadoslayer:
There is only a dozen or so stickies, with 1 that is be relevant to your situation. Seriously? You made the decision to bugger up your phone without following or understanding the instructions and now you want your hand held? :rolleyes:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723596

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723596

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723596

There, all your questions are answered in one big sticky. Go read the firmware section, download everything you need to flash and follow the instructions in that sticky. Once you done that and if you have specific problems, come back. The search function on this site is your best friend.

Also, you might want to tell us where you are, what carrier you are with and what i9000 you have (9000m? 9000t?).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moses992:
Problem solved .

I flashed the same stock froyo that failed me first and it worked .

First time i flashed it with 512pit and pda . samfirmwares said no pit required for flashing with only one file ( pda ) . so i guess thats where i went wrong .Doing that messed up the boot and the internal SD somehow i guess . thats what the error messages in recovery said , kind of .

Trying to flashing the same ROM ( Froyo ) again would not work even when no 512pit selected . repartition on/off didnt matter either . it all failed until i flashed another rom (stock Eclair ) , and then flashing the said Froyo ROM . making sure no pit was selected .

Thanks tragusman for the help . :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GMH24:
I face the same problem moses did...

However I reflashed countless times wiht various firmware problems and the result remains the same!

Is there anything else I can do except trying all firmwares available? :(

Just found a firmware which can do the trick, it's I9000BUJG2! Originally from Switzerland (from what I can tell) but it works!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mirzahodzic:
[Q] SGS Bricked? Flash problem

So, this is what I did. I was on 2.2 JPO firmware, and I had 3e recovery. I turned back to 2e so I could install clockworkmod recovery, after that I installed Darky's v7.0 Gingerbread Edition using cwm recovery. And that went fine. I played around in clockworkmod recovery options, and I formated internal card. After that I accidently pressed on some option, i dont remember what. And SGS rebooted and then sgs couldn't get passed that first screen, where the model i9000 is displayed.

So the next thing I did, I flashed a JPO firmware using ODIN (I used only 512 pit & PDA) ODIN said it PASSED, and the device rebooted. And then I get this screen:

Andr. sys. rec. 3e

-reboot system now

-apply update.zip

-wipe data/f.reset

-wipe cache

-format internal sd.

And a message:

YOUR STORAGE NOT PREPARED YET, PLEASE USE UI MENU FOR FORMAT AND REBOOT

E:CAN'T MOUNT /dev/block/stl10 (invalid argument)

E:copy_dbdata_media: Can't mount DBDATA

I tried everything, formatting card, wiping, factoryreset, rebooting...

And when I reboot, boot animation showsup, and after a minute or two, i get those vibrations like when you need to force close an app that is not responding. And then the screen turns blank.

Please, if you can, help me solve this, I really can't afford to break my phone. :confused: And I think my device is sim locked if that has anything to do with this.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomeks:
when you are doing repartition (checked in odin) you have to flash full rom like jpu.

to repair your phone you have to:

1. flash with odin only with pit selected and repartition checked

2. reset odin and flash jpu (pda, phone, csc) this time without pit file and without repartition checked and everything will be ok
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spectre85:
so I just brought mine back to life, give this a go, it can't hurt, make sure your last partition using the PIT was 512. if you didn't use a pit or repartition don't bother, you need to be using 512.

anyways, download JL2 rom or the newest one for your phone, open the tar and see if there is a "SBL.bin" file in there. (dont extract the tar just verify it has that file in it). Open ODIN, put your phone into download mode and make sure odin see's it, select the PDA button and find that ROM with the sbl.bin file. Then tick "phone Bootloader update" making sure you did not tick "re-partition". let it do it's thing and you should be good I hope. It saved my life, good luck
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomeks:
you don't have to flash boot loader, in fact you should not do that if your 3 combo button is working because you could brick your phone

just do repartition with proper pit (512) and flash full rom (now the best option for that is jpu from Richthofen)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spectre85:
ya my recovery mode died and that's why I flashed the boot loader. I was only able to get into the download mode....recovery mode got screwed up
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomeks:
it was because your phone lost some partitions or kernel, combo was working fine if download mode was working. you didn't have to flash bootloader, full rom with repartition was enough :)

anyway, glad that you recovered your phone without problems
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] podumal:
Hi, I had exactly the same problem, with missing DBDATA. To solve it I had to flash the old JM8 rom, which contains DBDATA. After that just flash again the rom you want to flash, in my case it was the stock JPY. Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scraths:
[Q] Kies bricked my Galaxy?

Just bought my first smartphone today after using a lot of time to choose the right one. After charging my battery to 100% i tried to upgrade my galaxy s to 2.2 froyo using kies. After downloading and starting the actual upgrade kies freezed and my phone got a green screen of death. after waiting for a long time i restarted both computer and phone i tried again only to find that my phone is now bricked. I can get to the "Downloading... do not remove target!!!" screen but that's it.

What should I do? As I mentied I'm a complete newbie at this, so please make it simple. I have searched before posting, and i found someone with the exact same error, except that his solution didn't solve mine ((i cannot post link, since i'm a new user))

This guy, (i cannot post link, since i'm a new user)

, also have the same problem (except he cannot even reach the "downloading.." screen), I have not tried his solution as I'm very green at this and I wouldn't even know where to begin.

Please help me, thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scraths:
Weird update: after having done the exact same thing over and over the entire day it now suddenly worked! I restarted my phone by removing my battery, went to the "downloading.." screen and tried repairing my software upgrade with kies. The upgrade went fine untill the very end where it failed and started restoring, which succeeded and the phone restarted and were apperently fine and now with android 2.2!,, Can this be true, and how can i know for sure that my phone is okay and not half-broken? it now says: Firmware version: 2.2, Baseband version: I9000XXJPP, Kernel version: 2.6.32.9 root@SE-S608 #1, Build number: FROYO. XWJPA

Weird...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melino:
You safed my day! - Thanx! :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spectre85:
do how does a guy tell if it's missing files, using adb? The only thing mine would do was boot into download mode, is there a way to find out what's blank? or does a guy just keep flashing till it works?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] podumal:
Spectre, if you check the OP, you'll see it says "can not mount DBDATA".

That's how I understood where the problem was. I then checked the JPY rom, unpacked it and saw that it didn't have dbdata file. JM8 rom has that file.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] contalyst:
First Time Flashing a Bricked Phone

So this thread is just because I'm an idiot when it comes to flashing phones, as I've never done it before.

I installed Froyo via Kies on Bell and of course 2 weeks later my phone craps out. So I figured I'd at least try to flash an older firmware.

I read through the FAQ and have Odin3 v1.3 and dl'd 2.1 JH2 for NA. However every time I try and flash I get a failed status. I cannot tell if im putting the wrong files in or using the wrong settings. (see attachment)

I tried with and without re-partition.

Also, when a flash fails like that, do I just unplug the phone and pull the battery each time and start over? That seems to be the only way to start over...